Hers To Keep (Servite Academy #2)

Part Two Epilogue

SCARLETT

Forgive me father for I have sinned…

Again.

The worst part is, I don’t think I can stop. I fell into temptation and like the sinner I am, like the addict I’ve become, I want more. I need retribution. I crave vengeance. There is a new evil around me. A darker, more malevolent force that will destroy everything in its path. Like a plague it’s ravishing the world around me threatening to end it. Any other way I’d be grateful to end the evil here, but this one threatens to take my family and me down with it.

You know that old saying "the devil made me do it", well it's just a weak man’s way of blaming others for their own wrongdoings. We are taught to always find someone to blame for our mistakes, never taking responsibility for our own actions. Don't blame the devil for falling for his tricks, blame yourself for trusting his charm. He's just doing his job, it’s you who needs to change.

This new devil, this more precarious being needs to be destroyed. He is evil incarnate. All the worst qualities of the others in one, demonic soul.

Remember when I first thought I would be my own savior and would bring a reckoning upon this world? I didn’t have the slightest idea what I was talking about. Turns out I didn’t understand the meaning of true evil.

Now I do, and once again I will fall into temptation to rise above it all. To end this once and for all. In order to do just that, I need to turn my back on everyone I care about. Including him. He might hate me for this, but I love him too much to take any chances.

I always knew Ace Servite would be my downfall, but I’d do anything not to be his. Maybe one day he’ll understand.

But until then, I need to put an end to this evil that suffocates us, that floats in the air around us. By becoming his, I will do just that.

Franco Marchesi must be sentenced for his sins. Condemned to hell for an eternity of misery.

If the Devil once fell, he can fall a second time, and this time I’ll make sure he cannot rise.

In the end, this will be my awakening, because in the end will come my epiphany.